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Development Economics and International Cooperation

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Development Economics and International Cooperation

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Anno accademico 2018/2019

Codice dell'attività didattica
CPS0371A
Docente
Pierluigi Conzo (Titolare dell'insegnamento)
Insegnamento integrato
Corso di studi
Master's Degree Course in Area and global studies for international cooperation
Anno
1° anno
Tipologia
Caratterizzante
Crediti/Valenza
6
SSD dell'attività didattica
SECS-P/02 - politica economica
Modalità di erogazione
Tradizionale
Lingua di insegnamento
Inglese
Modalità di frequenza
Obbligatoria
Tipologia d'esame
Scritto
Prerequisiti
Good knowledge of introductory economics and statistics
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Sommario insegnamento

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Obiettivi formativi

The course offers a snapshot of key issues related to development through the lens of economic analysis. After the course, students are expected to understand general economic reports and statistics such as those edited by the World Bank. To this purpose, students will get familiar with the most common theories and methods to understand and measure development, poverty, inequality, migration and population dynamics. They will also acquire basic knowledge of the 'theory and practice' of microfinance, and will be briefly introduced to quantitative and experimental tools to measure the impact of a programme/policy/project in the context of developing countries. 

 

 

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Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi

- Good knowledge of economic analysis of development issues, which will be critically evaluated, using expert judgement.

- Good understanding of general statistics measuring growth, inequality, human development, population dynamics in comparative framework.  

- Good comprehension of general statistics measuring growth, inequality, human development, population dynamics.  

- Good knowledge of the basic theoretical and practical issues related to microfinance.

- Familiarity with basic concepts of counterfactual impact evaluation and behavioural experiments in developing countries.

 

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Modalità di insegnamento

#18 lecture classes

 

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Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

Final written exam and groupworks during the course.

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Programma

The first part of the course (11 lectures of 2h each) will cover traditional topics in development economics including measuring development (GDP, GNI, PPP, HDI, etc.), comparative economic development, convergence hypothesis, poverty (Headcount index, poverty lines, poverty gap) and poverty traps, growth theories (Rostow, Harrod-Domar, Lewis and Solow), population dynamics (Malthusian poverty trap, demographic transitions and fertility), inequality (Gini, Lorenz, Kuznets) and migration (Todaro). 

The second part of the course (7 lectures of 2h each) will focus on theoretical and practical issues related to microfinance including the characteristics of credit markets in development countries, why these markets often fail and how the incentive schemes proposed by microfinance projects might mitigate market failures. In the second part of the course introductory notions of counterfactual impact evaluation as well as of behavioural/experimental economics will be provided in the specific context of microfinance and project evaluation. Case studies will be presented as potential applications of such concepts.  

Testi consigliati e bibliografia

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Main textbooks:

PART 1

- Todaro, M. P., & Smith, S. C. (2015). Economic development. Boston: PearsonAddison Wesley

- Banerjee, A. V, & Duflo, E. (2012). Poor Economics. Penguin Books.

PART 2

- Armendáriz, B., & Morduch, J. (2010). The Economics of Microfinance. MIT Press. 

 

Further details and additional material will be provided in each lecture.



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Note

Students are warmly recommended to get themselves familiar with the basic principles of economics and statistics. 

 

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